Portsmouth 4-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 September 2017
Result
Portsmouth 4-1 Fleetwood Town
League One · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Portsmouth 4-1 Fleetwood Town: match report
Portsmouth defeated Fleetwood Town 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Juan Carlos León opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Juan Carlos León (41'), Jamal Lowe (57'), Jamal Lowe (70') and Juan Carlos León (78'). Fleetwood Town scored through Devante Cole (52').
Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 13th on 8 points from 7 and Fleetwood Town 7th on 13 points from 6. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 66 points, and Fleetwood Town 14th with 57.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Fleetwood Town in a 5-3-2.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Fleetwood Town's W-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · C. Bolger
- 41'Goal · Juan Carlos León
- 52'Goal · Devante Cole
- 57'Goal · Jamal Lowe
- 66'Yellow card · Kyle Dempsey
- 70'Goal · Jamal Lowe
- 78'Goal · Juan Carlos León
- 85'Second yellow · Kyle Dempsey
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-1-1)
Luke McGee, Damien McCrory, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Nathan Thompson, Stuart O'Keefe, Matty Kennedy, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe, Conor Mark Chaplin
Fleetwood Town line-up (5-3-2)
Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Ashley Eastham, Nathan Pond, Cian Bolger, Amari'i Bell, Aiden O'Neill, Kyle Dempsey, George Glendon, Jordy Hiwula, Devante Cole